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A Guide to Makeup Brushes for the Face
A look at the popular types of makeup brushes for the face and cheeks: what you can use each one for, the shape of the bristles and some tips for using. Foundation, powder, concealer and blusher brushes are covered in … Continue reading
A Guide to Makeup Brush Construction
Following on from our Guide to Buying Makeup Brushes, here we look at what makeup brushes are made of and the differences between animal hair and synthetic fibres. Makeup Brush Construction A makeup brush consists of three main parts: bristles, ferrule … Continue reading
A Guide to Buying Makeup Brushes

There are tons of makeup brushes: big ones, small ones, weird shaped ones, expensive ones, cheap ones, long ones, short ones, ones made from animal hair and ones made from synthetics. Here’s our guide to what to think about when buying … Continue reading
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Makeup Kit Favourites: Cleaning and Hygiene
Working hygienically and keeping your kit clean is essential when working in makeup to prevent cross-contamination. Here are our favourite products we use to clean brushes, keep our makeup sanitised and tools disinfected, and ensure makeup hygiene standards are high. … Continue reading
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Makeup Kit Favourites: Primers
Our favourite makeup primers, eye shadow bases and anti-shine products. A good makeup primer should create a smooth base for a foundation to be applied onto and helps to keep the foundation looking fresher for longer. An eye primer is … Continue reading
Makeup Kit Favourites: Foundation
We’ve picked a few favourites from the huge bewildering plethora of foundations on the market. As makeup artists, we have to have a range of products in our kit so we can cover (literally!) every skin type, tone and people’s … Continue reading
Cruelty-Free Cosmetics

The use of animals to test cosmetics has been a sore point for many consumers for a long time. Animal-protection organisations from around the world have worked tirelessly to end animal testing for cosmetics and, though the journey is far … Continue reading
A Guide to Mineral Makeup

In mid-1970s San Francisco, a modest little cosmetic revolution was born. It was called “mineral makeup”. Fast forward a few decades and mineral makeup has burst onto the cosmetics market – the latest addition to an emerging beauty culture seemingly … Continue reading
Skin Deep: A Look at Our Skin Structure

Skin. We’re covered in it! The largest organ of our body and without it we cease to be. Acting as a barrier between our body and the environment, it protects our muscles, bones, ligaments, nerves, organs and everything else squidgy … Continue reading
Facial Anatomy and Proportions

Our face shape is created by the underlying bone and muscle structure. A makeup artist should understand facial anatomy and proportions to be able to enhance a person’s features, to create the makeup and character look required, or to make … Continue reading